We report on a significant decrease in the diode-ideality factor of GaInN/GaN multiple quantum well light-emitting diodes (LEDs), from 5.5 to 2.4, as Si-doping is applied to an increasing number of quantum barriers (QBs). The minimum ideality factor of 2.4 is obtained when all QBs are doped. It is shown that polarization-induced triangular band profiles of the undoped QBs are the major cause of the high ideality factors in GaInN/GaN LEDs. Numerical simulations show excellent agreement with the measured ideality factor value and its dependence on QB doping.
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